Tail Injury Lawsuit, $308M Keeneland Sales & UK Professor Fraud 🐎🌎💥

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Oregon Horse Suffers Tail Injury at Race, $50K Lawsuit Filed: The owners of the thoroughbred “Heart on the Run” have filed a $49,999 lawsuit against Grants Pass Downs and a gate crew employee, alleging the horse’s tail was caught and torn off in the starting gate during a 2023 race, resulting in hospitalization and partial amputation, with the suit citing negligence by the track and staff. Read story here.

Keeneland September Wraps Week 1 with Nearly $308M in Top Thoroughbred Sales: Keeneland’s 82nd September Yearling Sale closed Week 1 with record-breaking results, posting $307.6 million in cumulative sales, 53 seven-figure horses, and session highs in average and median prices, highlighted by top purchases from Gun Runner, Flightline, Not This Time, and Life Is Good offspring. Read story here.

University of Kentucky Terminates Tenured Professor Over Falsified Equine Drug Testing Results: The University of Kentucky fired tenured professor Scott Stanley, former head of its Equine Analytical Chemistry Lab, after a year-long investigation found he falsified horse drug test results, engaged in fraudulent billing, and committed multiple ethics and policy violations. Read story here.

WPRA Barrel Racer Semi-Retires 2024 Horse With the Most Heart: WPRA barrel racer Leslie Smalygo has announced the semi-retirement of her celebrated gelding “Gus,” the 2024 Horse With the Most Heart, after a remarkable career highlighted by major wins at RODEOHOUSTON, the Calgary Stampede, and the National Finals Rodeo. Read story here.

Manton Foundation Awards Second $250,000 Grant to Advance Frangible Technology: The USEA Foundation has received a second $250,000 matching grant from the Manton Foundation to support frangible technology on U.S. cross-country courses, helping improve safety for horses and riders while calling on the public to contribute toward a $500,000 fundraising goal. Read story here.

Emerald Downs Reports 49% Handle Increase at Close of 2025 Meet: Emerald Downs closed its 2025 season with handle up 49% to a record $66.2 million, boosted by strong fields, near-perfect weather, rising attendance, and standout performances from jockey Kevin Krigger, trainer Jorge Rosales, and Horse of the Meeting Aloha Breeze. Read story here.

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Open de France 2025 📍 Polo Club du Domaine de Chantilly | 📅 September 3–21 | 🎥 Event details

West Texas Fair & Rodeo 📍 Abilene, TX | 📅 September 5–13 | 🎥 Event details

Abierto del Jockey Club 📍 AAP – Pilar, Argentina | 📅 September 9–20 | 🎥 Event details

CDN2* Liga Nacional de Doma Clásica Caballos Jóvenes 2025 📍 Reales Caballerizas de Córdoba, Spain | 📅 September 9 | 🎥 Event details

Sportpaardenveiling Dronten 📍 Dronten, Netherlands | 📅 September 9 | 🎥 Event details

Longines FEI Jumping World Cup™ 2025-2026 I NAL 📍 Williamsburg, Traverse City, United States | 📅 September 10-13 | 🎥 Event details

Harvest Celebration 📍 Thunderbird Show Park, Langley Twp, BC, Canada | 📅 September 10–13 | 🎥 Event details

Autumn in the Rockies II 📍 Colorado Horse Park, United States | 📅 September 10–13 | 🎥 Event details

Thunderbird Show Park 2025 Harvest Celebration 📍 Langley, British Columbia, Canada | 📅 September 10–14 | 🎥 Event details

Chiemsee Pferdefestival - Woche II 📍 Gut Ising, Germany | 📅 September 10–14 | 🎥 Event details

Maryland Horse and Pony Show 📍 Prince George, MD, United States | 📅 September 10–13 | 🎥 Event details

Brownland Farm Fall II 📍 Franklin, TN, United States | 📅 September 10–13 | 🎥 Event details

New York Morgan Regional Horse Show 📍 Syracuse, NY, United States | 📅 September 10–13 | 🎥 Event details

M&S Insurance League National Finals 📍 Saugerties, NY, United States | 📅 September 10–13 | 🎥 Event details

September Tour Week 2 CSI2*/1*/YH* 📍 Kronenberg, Netherlands | 📅 September 10–12 | 🎥 Event details

CSI4* 2025 Old Salem Farm Fall Horse Show Week 1 📍 North Salem, NY, United States | 📅 September 10–14 | 🎥 Event details

New Mexico State Fair & Rodeo 📍 Albuquerque, NM | 📅 September 10–14 | 🎥 Event details

Pendleton Round-Up 📍 Pendleton, OR | 📅 September 10–13 | 🎥 Event details

Chard - British Showjumping 4 Day Show incl. Area Trial 📍 Somerset, United Kingdom | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

LONGINES Global Champions Tour Riesenbeck 📍 Riesenbeck, Germany | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

Devon Fall Classic 📍 Devon, PA, United States | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

Schweizermeisterschaft Dressur 2025 📍 Roggwil, Switzerland | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

CSI Ascona 📍 Ascona, Switzerland | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

CSI 2* Sentower 📍 Opglabbeek, Belgium | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

74 Landesturnier Bad Segeberg 📍 Bad Segeberg, Germany | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

ANCADES - Campeonato de España de Yeguadas y Caballos Nacionales 2025 📍 Segovia, Spain | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Compiègne 📍 Compiègne, France | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

LeMieux National Dressage Championships 2025 📍 Somerford Park, Cheshire, UK | 📅 September 11–14 | 🎥 Event details

BSHA National Championship 2025 📍 Addington Equestrian, UK | 📅 September 11–13 | 🎥 Event details

Cornbury House Horse Trials 2025 📍 Cornbury Park, Chipping Norton, UK | 📅 September 11–14 | 🎥 Event details

Othello PRCA Rodeo 📍 Othello, WA | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Hanna Indoor Pro Rodeo 📍 Hanna, AB, Canada | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Oldstoberfest 📍 Olds, AB, Canada | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Crowley's Ridge Saddle Club Charity Rodeo 📍 Forrest City, AR | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

White County Fair Rodeo 📍 Searcy, AR | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Clay County 4H Pro Rodeo 📍 Green Cove Springs, FL | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Kolding Rideklub B Stævne i Dressur med Ecco Cup 📍 Kolding Rideklub, Denmark | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Septemberhoppet 📍 Ljungby Ridklubb, Sweden | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Wales & West - End of Season Derby Show 📍 Chepstow, United Kingdom | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Szilvásvárad - CDN - Országos Bajnokság 📍 Szilvásvárad, Hungary | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Springturnier Birkenhof-Eppingen 📍 Eppingen, Germany | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

CSI2* Esposende (Week 1) 2025 📍 Esposende, Portugal | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

National A5* Ornago - Malaspina 📍 Ornago, Italy | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Veulenveiling Dronten 📍 Dronten, Netherlands | 📅 September 12 | 🎥 Event details

Racino Comer City CSN-B* 📍 Ebreichsdorf, Austria | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Trakehner Bundesstutenschau mit Hybrid Auktion und Kamingespräch 📍 Kranichstein, Germany | 📅 September 12 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Köln 📍 Köln, Germany | 📅 September 12 | 🎥 Event details

The Big E 📍 West Springfield, MA, United States | 📅 September 12–27 | 🎥 Event details

Jumping Pro-Am Notre Dame d'Estrées 📍 Notre Dame d'Estrées, France | 📅 September 12–13 | 🎥 Event details

Western Australia State Dressage Championship 2025 📍 State Equestrian Centre, Brigadoon, Australia | 📅 September 12–14 | 🎥 Event details

Cowtown Rodeo 📍 Woodstown Pilesgrove, NJ | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

Breckenridge PRCA Rodeo 📍 Breckenridge, TX | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

Marysville Stampede 📍 Marysville, CA | 📅 September 13–14 | 🎥 Event details

Saxony Lotto Modern Day Racing 2025 📍 Leipzig, Germany | 📅 September 13–14 | 🎥 Event details

Pyecombe - Senior Show 📍 Pyecombe, United Kingdom | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

Breeders Trophy Eventing 2025 📍 Össjö, Sweden | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

Aintree - Autumn Spectacular 📍 Liverpool, United Kingdom | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

Državno prvenstvo v vožnji vpreg (SLO NC Carriage Driving) 2025 📍 Lipica, Slovenia | 📅 September 13–14 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Magdeburg 📍 Magdeburg, Germany | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

NM LAG Dressur 2025 - Starum Hestesportsklubb 📍 Starum, Norway | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

Klasseløpsauksjonen 2025 📍 Oslo, Norway | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

EquiFestival CDI - Biały Las 📍 Biały Las, Poland | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

CDN3* Dos Lunas Polo & Dressage - LIGA NACIONAL DE DOMA CLÁSICA CABALLOS JÓVENES Y GRAN PREMIO 2025 📍 San Martín del Tesorillo, Spain | 📅 September 13 | 🎥 Event details

Državno prvenstvo v eventingu 2025 (CCN) – Grad Prestranek 📍 Prestranek, Slovenia | 📅 September 14–15 | 🎥 Event details

Renntag Düsseldorf / Leipzig 📍 Düsseldorf / Leipzig, Germany | 📅 September 14 | 🎥 Event details

Český skokový pohár Praha 📍 Praha, Czechia | 📅 September 14 | 🎥 Event details

Mountain States Steer Roping Circuit Finals 📍 Torrington, WY | 📅 September 15 | 🎥 Event details

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